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Tremella Mushroom Benefits: A Sleeping Giant Among Mushrooms

The tremella mushroom is not as well-known as its cousins, Lion’s Mane, Chaga, and Reishi, but it is packed with health benefits in its own right. We discuss tremella mushroom benefits. As Western medicine continues to recognize the health benefits of medicinal mushrooms, ‘the fragrant mushroom’ (shiitake), ‘the dancing mushroom’ (maitake), and ‘the mushroom of

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Doctor Removes 23 Contact Lenses From Woman’s Eye

A California eye doctor is urging people to be more vigilant when wearing contact lenses after removing 23 contact lenses from a patient’s eye. In a video posted on Instagram, ophthalmologist Katerina Kurteeva, MD, is shown removing contact lenses from a woman’s eye.   “Don’t sleep in your contact lenses!” she warned.  “They were essentially glued together

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Reusable Contact Lenses Increase Risk of Rare Eye Infection: Study

People who wear reusable contact lenses are about four times more likely to get the sight-threatening eye infection acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) than people who wear daily disposable lenses, says a study published in the journal Ophthalmology. Researchers say contact lens wearers can easily reduce their risk by not wearing their lenses while swimming or in the shower. They

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Seasonal Affective Disorder Expected to Peak in November: Analysis

For some people, depression appears only in the winter months when the days are shorter. A new analysis predicts that this type of depression, known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), will peak the first week of November. “Knowing when to expect the onset of seasonal depression can help [individuals] create a treatment plan with or

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Magic Mushroom Compound Can Treat Depression: Study

A naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in “magic mushrooms” can help treat depression, according to a key study.  The second phase of a major study of the hallucinogen psilocybin – a psychedelic compound found in several species of psilocybe mushrooms, otherwise known as “magic mushrooms” – as a treatment for depression showed again that it’s

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